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Animal Rights Activists Protest "Violent" Nature of Thanksgiving in Oakland

November 24, 2022

KTVU

Direct Action Everywhere said that Thanksgiving celebrates the genocide of indigenous people with a tradition of violence that takes the lives of more than 40 million turkeys every year.

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Animal Rights Activists Protest "Violent" Nature of Thanksgiving in Oakland

November 24, 2022

KTVU

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Sen. Cory Booker Has a Plan to Stop Taxpayer Bailouts of Big Meat

November 22, 2022

Vox

“The pandemic shined a light on how broken so many aspects of our food system really are — from meatpacking plants that became Covid hot spots and caused tens of thousands of workers to get sick and hundreds to die to the inhumane killing of millions of animals as brittle supply chains broke down,” Booker said. “As public awareness has increased, so have the calls for transitioning to a more humane and sustainable system."

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Sen. Cory Booker Has a Plan to Stop Taxpayer Bailouts of Big Meat

November 22, 2022

Vox

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Reynolds’ Contradictory Proclamation Shows Iowa Can Do Better for Animals

November 20, 2022

The Gazette

As it stands, Iowa’s values are incongruent with the message of World Day for Farmed Animals, and as long as we continue to prioritize production over the well-being of animals, they will remain incongruent.

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Reynolds’ Contradictory Proclamation Shows Iowa Can Do Better for Animals

November 20, 2022

The Gazette

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Berkeley Resident Arrested on Felonies for Filming Safeway Protest, Following Findings of Cruelty and Disease at the Store’s Turkey Supplier

November 17, 2022

The investigation at Foster Farms found an E. coli-infected turkey chick, buckets of dead chicks, and a litter beetle infestation. Said former U.S. prosecutor Bonnie Klapper, "[The arrest] is an absurd action on the part of the Berkeley police and one which serves only to protect corporations engaged in animal cruelty from being held accountable by consumers.”

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Berkeley Resident Arrested on Felonies for Filming Safeway Protest, Following Findings of Cruelty and Disease at the Store’s Turkey Supplier

November 17, 2022

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Delays Continue in Criminal Case of Animal Activists Accused of Taking Chickens from Petaluma Poultry Farms

November 15, 2022

The Press Democrat

They argue that their efforts to rescue chickens are authorized under California’s animal cruelty law.

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Delays Continue in Criminal Case of Animal Activists Accused of Taking Chickens from Petaluma Poultry Farms

November 15, 2022

The Press Democrat

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After Acquittal for Smithfield Foods, Whistleblowers and Activists Protest Costco’s Continued Sale of Smithfield Pork

November 12, 2022

The two factory farm investigators who were found “not guilty” last month joined the protest.

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After Acquittal for Smithfield Foods, Whistleblowers and Activists Protest Costco’s Continued Sale of Smithfield Pork

November 12, 2022

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Investigation Finds Sick Turkey Chicks among Litter Beetle- and Larvae-Infested Corpses at Foster Farms

November 10, 2022

Rescued turkey chick had an infection called omphalitis caused by E. coli.

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Investigation Finds Sick Turkey Chicks among Litter Beetle- and Larvae-Infested Corpses at Foster Farms

November 10, 2022

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Three Lessons from the Smithfield Trial

November 7, 2022

Do your homework, get feedback, and find the simple story.

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Three Lessons from the Smithfield Trial

November 7, 2022

Do your homework, get feedback, and find the simple story.

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Activists March Through Downtown Orlando Demanding Justice for Animals

November 3, 2022

West Orlando News

With plant-based food companies on the rise, fur bans increasing in number, and animal welfare regulations growing stricter in many states, to say that a sort of societal evolution is taking place would not be a far reach.

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Activists March Through Downtown Orlando Demanding Justice for Animals

November 3, 2022

West Orlando News

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Inside the Bold New Animal Liberation Movement: No Masks, No Regrets, All The Risks

November 7, 2017

Mother Jones

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Rescue at Oakland Slaughterhouse Shows New, Potent Tactics of Growing Animal Rights Movement

November 1, 2017

The Intercept

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The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms

October 5, 2017

The Intercept

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FBI raids animal shelters, searching for piglets rescued from factory farm, activists say

September 14, 2017

The Washington Post

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Animal Welfare Groups Have a New Tool: Virtual Reality

July 6, 2017

The New York Times

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‘Her head has been torn off’: Activists’ film alleges abuse at Costco-linked cage-free egg farm

October 20, 2016

The Washington Post

While the hens are not in cages, the video shows them crowded together, covered in feces and blood, struggling to breathe and attacking and even eating one other.

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Animal Rights Group’s Video of Hens Raises Questions, but Not Just for Farms

January 8, 2015

The New York Times

An animal rights group released on Thursday a disturbing video of laying hens at a farm in Northern California that supplies eggs to Whole Foods and Organic Valley, among other retailers and distributors.

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DxE News of the Week: DXE MARCH AGAINST BIG AG IN PETALUMA, TRUMP HURTS ANIMAL AG, July 20-26, 2018

July 28, 2018

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DxE News of the Week: FORMER USDA INSPECTORS CONFIRM DXE’S NORBEST INVESTIGATION RESULTS; NORTH CAROLINA POLICE HAVE MONITORED DXE, July 13 -19, 2018

July 21, 2018

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Why Target Amazon?

June 21, 2018

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From a minority to a majority: how a minority group in Russia made history

June 14, 2018

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: DxE Activists Charged For Rescuing Sick Turkeys, L.A. Considers Cruelty-free Cleaning Products, April 21 – May 4, 2018

May 5, 2018

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: The Draconian King Amendment, California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act Passes First Hurdle, April 20 – April 27, 2018

April 30, 2018

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: McDonald’s Under Fire From Animal Rights Groups, Cal Senate Committee Passes Iconic African Species Protection Act, April 13 – April 20, 2018

April 22, 2018

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: PETA Says ‘Deport Donald Trump Jr.,’ Horse Slaughter Ban Renewed, April 6 – April 13, 2018

April 15, 2018

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California’s Biggest Beef Producer Can’t Take the Heat of Two Teenage Girls on Facebook Livestream

April 12, 2018

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Animal Rights Activists Create Giant “Death for Dinner” Display Outside Oakland Safeway

December 14, 2024

Activists covered in fake blood lay down on a giant “plate” to bring attention to the violence behind serving dead animals as food during the holidays. Protestors also called on Safeway to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, where undercover investigations have exposed sick and injured animals left without care.

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Berkeley Becomes First U.S. City to Ban Factory Farms

November 12, 2024

A coalition of groups, including the Berkeley-based animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and Compassionate Bay, led the effort to gather the signatures to get this CAFO ban on the ballot.

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Trial Scheduled for Animal Rescuer

November 1, 2024

Zoe Rosenberg, 22, faces criminal charges for rescuing chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in Petaluma, CA

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Investigators Publish Full Day of Slaughter Footage at Superior Farms, Exposing Routine Cruelty and Violence

October 29, 2024

Superior Farms is the largest industrial lamb slaughterhouse in the country, and is the subject of Ordinance 309 in Denver, an initiative on the November ballot introduced by Pro-Animal Future that would ban slaughterhouses within city limits

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Prosecutors Concede Evidence Doesn’t Support Felony in Animal Rescue Case

August 20, 2024

Charges to be Dismissed for Third Time in Perdue Chicken Rescue Case

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Food Network Chef Tyler Florence Cuts Ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, Following Repeated Protests

August 15, 2024

Animal rights activists with Direct Action Everywhere disrupted Florence at events across the country in recent months calling for the move

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Activists Disrupt Food Network Chef Tyler Florence’s Restaurant, Over Ties to Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry

July 20, 2024

On Saturday evening, animal rights activists protested inside and outside of Miller & Lux, an upscale steakhouse in Mission Bay that is owned by celebrity chef Tyler Florence. The protesters were calling on Florence to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry. They marched and chanted through the restaurant, holding signs that read “Drop Petaluma Poultry” and “Stop Supporting Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry’s Criminal Animal Abuse.”

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Massive Barn Fire Kills Tens of Thousands of Chickens at Demler Brothers Egg Ranch

July 19, 2024

The Ramona factory farm was the site of a 2019 animal cruelty investigation by Direct Action Everywhere

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Judge Dismisses Multiple Felonies Against Animal Rescuer

May 13, 2024

Berkeley student in Perdue poultry case now faces 1 felony and 3 misdemeanors

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